2nd Sunday of Lent, March 1, 2026

Mass: 9:30; Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

Place: Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings: Acts 12, 1-11; Psalm 34; 2 Timothy 4, 6-8, 17-18; John 21, 15-19

Community Bulletin Board:

• The Quads need help.  See their link: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com
• True?  To be grateful is our courageous trust that life itself–kind or harsh, happy or sad–is good, if only we receive it as gift.  www.gratefulness.org 
•  

See you this Sunday, June 29

J.S.

  



Mass:   Coffee, pastries, & specials on the House.  

Time: 9:30;  Tony Celebrating

Place:  Vines High School, 15th between Custer & Independence, south side, Plano

Readings:   Isaiah 55, 10-11; Psalm 65, The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest; Romans 8, 18-23; Matthew 13, 1-23. 

 

 
Picture 1:   Leo carrying his load with the music, Wendy, Shonda, & Ray                                      

Picture 2:   Emma, "Cake!"                          

  
  

 
 Community Bulletin Board:

  1.   Sunday Baptism: Buddy & Torri, and big sister,  Zoe, Michelle and Randolph's kids. 
   

Church Happenings: 

  1.   Fr. McBrien,  National Catholic Reporter, 7-5-11,  Download McBrien 7-8-11 

2.  Catholicism & Gay Ministry, National Catholic Reporter,  7-6-11,  Download Gay marriage 7-8-11

 

  True?    

 
 Closing Song:

 Mass:  Coffee & Donuts, Juice & Home Made Muffins on the house.

                  

Place:  Vines High School on 15th between Custer & Independence.  Time: 9:30

Readings: Jeremiah 31, 31-34; Psalm 51; Hebrews 5, 7-9; John 12, 20-33

           

Community Bulletin Board:  

True?  You cannot get ahead while you’re getting even.–Dick Armey

An Amusing Follow up on Sunday's Homily: Download Homily Follow up 2-26-09 ; from Rob Robinson

      

Picture 1:  Tom & Tyler, Joy & Morgan McGrath, plus Ron

Picture 2:  Paul & Maddie Drake

Picture 3:  Megan at the Donut Shoppe

Picture 4: Blair & Angelo

 

 See you this Sunday, March 29.

 J.S.   (214-783-0443)

Welcome:  Coffee & juice & specials on the house.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & John Cade.     Welcome. 

 

Readings:  

Deuteronomy 4, 32-34, 39-40, Ask from one end of the sky to the other, did anything so great ever happen?

Psalm 33, Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

Romans 8, 14-17, The Spirit bears witness to our spirit. 

Matthew 28, 16-20, Behold, I am with all days until the end of the ages.

 

Community Bulletin Board:

 

1.  Check with Tom Fleming about the Habitat build coming.

2.  This weekend Rosemary & I will be at in New Orleans, my old Jesuit home office.  We will be attending a class reunion of my original Jesuit class of ’58.  Out of about 40 guys about 5-6 are still Jesuits & priests.  The rest all left & got married.

                                               

 What's going on in our Catholic World:   

1.     Pittsburg priest on American Nuns, National Catholic Reporter, 5-28-12, (325 words),  Download Pittsburg Priest & Nuns 6-1-12

2.  Pastor of Blessed Trinity Parish, Cleveland, giving an excellent summary of the American Nuns situation.  From one of my S.J. buddies whom I will be with this weekend in N.O., (830 words),   Download BLESSED TRINITY PARISH 6-1-12 

 3.  Vatican II observations by one of the few left who was there.  Again from one of my S.J. buddies, working in Peru & still a Jesuit priest, (5600 words, long but a superb summary),  Download Vat. II from one there 6-1-12

 

 

 

True?

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

— Buddha  

 

 

 

See you Sunday, June 3, Trinity Sunday

 J.S., 214-783-0443

 

                                                                                      

JSM Mission-Faith Statement   

      Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth 

      Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world we live in a better place to live.

 

    

Isaiah 45:  For the sake of Jacob, my servant, of Israel, my chosen one, I have called you by your name, giving you a title, though you knew me not.  I am the LORD and there is no other, there is no God besides me.
1 Thessalonians 1:  We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father, . . .
Matthew 22:  He said to them, “Whose image is this and whose inscription?”  They replied, “Caesar’s.”  At that he said to them,  “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”

 

One of the best exercises in life is to make a list of all the things that make you happy. Now look at it. If anything on that list takes away from your intellectual development, personal development and ability to have friends, beauty, time, spiritual development, family, think carefully before you give yourself away to it.
The Monastic Way, Sister Joan Chittister

Rickey Turner
Please click on the link below for more information on Rick’s fund for ongoing treatment and medications for a kidney transplant. As Rick is now back on track for the transplant, we are helping to cover the medications necessary following the transplant.
Rick Turner Blog Post

Another Reminder for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 18, 2026
Here are the links for Sunday:

For Zoom   ( the video conference)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88528744737?pwd=Te3cub31Q6XpNvUfzutHMgQ8JGqd42.1
Meeting ID: 885 2874 4737
Passcode: 412993

 

John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at 9:30 at
The ArtCentre of Plano,
902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.

JSM Mission-Faith Statement
Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s
People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total
growth.  Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged &
make the world we live in a better place to live.

 

 

 

Barbara says, "Welcome in, Everybody."

 

 

Welcome: Catholic Mass with coffee & juice, and pastries, some bought, some home-made.

Time: 9:30; Celebrate with the Community & Stack. 

Place: Sigler Elementary, 1400 Janwood Drive, Plano, TX 75075 

 

 

And welcome home to you, too, Celeste, from your teaching music in Albania.

 

Readings:

Jeremiah   38, 4-6, 8-10  They took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern.

Psalm 40,  Lord, come to my aid

Hebrews 12, 1-4,    Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses.

Luke 12, 49-53,  Do you think I have come to establish peace on earth.  No.

(Less than amiable readings again this week.)

 

 

Happy 30th to you, Donna and David.

 

Community Activities:  

1. ROMEO MEET: Friday, August 12, Jason's Deli, Collin Creek Mall, west side of Central, 1:00.   Welcome all wakos,  you will fit right in.                                                                                                           
2. JULIET LUNCHEON, (aka.,just us ladies into eating together):   TBA                                                                                                               
3.  This from Anthony DeGenova:                                                                                                                    

   Dear Father Stack,

   Thank you very much for being my sponsor for my LEGO Drive, as part of my Eagle Scout project.

   I would appreciate it, if you would please post the attached message to your blog.

   I really value all of the support from you and the Stack Community.

   Thanks, Anthony DeGenova                                                                                                                                                                            

   Dear Stack Ministry,

   Hello, my name is Anthony DeGenova.  I am 17 years old, and am working on my Boy Scouts Eagle Project.  My mission is to donate LEGO blocks to under-privileged children.  This project includes the collection, cleaning, sterilizing, sorting, packaging, and delivery of the LEGO blocks to a few charities that cater to children. I plan to donate all of mine, and would like very much to collect as many as possible from friends and neighbors like you, who wouldn’t mind giving theirs up for needy children.  I am accepting both used and new LEGO blocks. Please bring the LEGO blocks to church and my parents will pick them up.  Alternatively, I will gladly pick them up from your house, at your convenience. 

   If you have any questions, please contact me at:

   Telephone: 972-495-3639

   Email Address:  anthonydegenova@outlook.com

   I look forward to your support, and hope to make this drive and my Eagle project a success. Thank you very much for your help,

   Anthony DeGenova
   3021 North Spring Court
   Garland TX  75044

                                                                                                     

 

Happy 41st  to you, Hue and Linda.

 

What is going on in Our Catholic World

1. Where are all the Vatican II priests today,   National Catholic Reporter,  August 3,   830  words,    Download Vatican II Priests 8-11-16

 

 

 

You and Judy take the prize today.   Happy 52nd, Mike.

 

 

True?

Men who have pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.

Rita Rudner, Comedian

 

 

Our Juliets, Mary, Connie, Jackie, Cindy, Jeanne, Rosemary, Judy, and Geri & Cathy.

 

See you Sunday.

J.S., 214-783-0443

 

 

Genevieve, want to go for a skateboard ride?

 

JSM Mission-Faith Statement

Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for and challenges spiritual and total growth.

Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged and make the world we live in a better place to live.

 

Some of our Air Force riders taking a break from helping others.

 

Peace, Everybody.